I was watching Dancing with the Stars and Toni Braxton mentioned that she was (physically) fit. Toni was also recently diagnosed with heart disease. She doesn't fit the profile of someone with heart disease. She is thin, but the question is...is she fit? Just because she is thin does not mean she is physically fit. She has heart disease and high blood pressure (which was reduced since starting with Dancing with the Stars), therefore in my opinion she is not fit.
What does physically fitness mean?
Overall fitness is made up of five main components: -- Cardiorespiratory endurance -- Muscular strength -- Muscular endurance -- Body composition -- Flexibility. To access your fitness you have to look at all 5 factors. I recently joined a new gym and was tested in all of those areas and I did a VO2 Max test (it's considered the best test to measure cardiorespiratory endurance). This test was extremely useful to me because it showed me the best zone I should train in order to burn the most fat. Considering I don't like doing cardio this really helps me so that I don't have to do as much (hopefully).
For all those people who ask thin people why they are going to they gym or that they don't need to exercise, think again. Just because you are skinny does not mean that you are healthy!
2 comments:
Oh SOOOO true! Size doesn't matter. That's terrible about Toni Braxton. I'm glad the dancing is helping her.
Funny you say that about Toni Braxton. I saw that show where she was there and thought exactly the same thing!
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